

Of course my voice and piano teachers, vocal coaches, opera directors, acting coaches, and dance teachers made an incredible impact in who I was to become professionally.
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Her excitement for science was contagious, plus she was/is a huge fan of jazz.Īs I grew up and headed off to college, I knew I wanted to pursue music and performance. I suppose I remember my teachers in creative arts more than my math and science teachers although Miss Hand, who taught my Tenth Grade biology class and lead the Science Club in which I was a member, is also one of my most memorable teachers. McClure, is another standout for me as a young girl, sitting for hours at the piano, practicing scales and music that would become a big part of my life. Outside of my school setting, I remember my dance teachers, who despite my forgetting their names, etched beauty through movement and performance in my memory. Hunt (Fifth grade) who saw my love for acting and hunger to learn and observe. There was also Miss Shaw (Fourth grade) and Mr. When I think back to my earliest teachers, I remember my First Grade teacher, Miss Scott, who as strict as she was, instilled discipline and fun in learning. This is the impact that teachers have in their students’ lives. Despite the many ups and downs in the students’ worlds, including the suicide of one of their classmates and the firing of Professor Keating, their lives were forever changed by what happened in their poetry class. At the end of the movie, the young men in Professor Keating’s class climb on their desks and proclaim, “O Captain! My Captain!” a quote from a poem by Walt Whitman that proudly proclaims the impact that their teacher had on them. One of my favorite movies of all times is Dead Poets Society, starring Robin Williams and Ethan Hawke. I love movies, especially movies that are inspiring and challenge my perspective of the world.
